ESPN The Mag: What a sports reporter makes ...

Anybody else see ESPN The Magazine's centerpiece on jobs in sports, what people make, that kind of thing? Was curious to see that in the fine print of jobs and salaries they listed "newspaper sportswriter" as making $75,000 ... Seem a bit high to anybody? I'd think at most maybe the highest 10 or 20 percent in the industry bring in that much. If you're including columnists, makes a little more sense, but still, I can't say I got into the business thinking I'd make $75k ...

Great, just what we need, someone going out there and spreading bullshit about how much we make. How many common Joe Blows out there see that and now add that to their ammunition "you get paid $75,000 a year to watch sports, like you have it tough." I get paid about a third of that. before taxes. in funny blue, red and brown Canadian money. As a Sports Editor, not writter.

As an average it can't be anywhere near that high. My guess is, and this is throwing everybody into the same pool, the average can't be any higher than $40,000 - $45,000.